Originally Posted by
mikebg
I asked the crew the very same question. They couldn't give a precise answer, but it seems TLV flights have a far higher number of families (often large) flying than CAI or AMM. No idea why that impacts things so much, but that it what the crews told me. They said that there have been many reports submitted by crews saying that the route is just not suited to being run by CE equipment.
I would also note when i flew this route in May, on the LHR-LCA-TLV leg the boarding in T5A had a huge traffic jam of wheelchairs which delayed overall boarding by 30 minutes almost.